Major Hazard Facility Safety Case Summary
While Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant has been licensed as a Major Hazard Facility since 2000, safety has been our priority since operations commenced in 1975.
Planning for sea level rise
Sea level rise is projected to increase over the next 100 years as a result of climate change, worsening coastal inundation. Please refer to our Interim Development Assessment Principles while our 2017 Planning for Sea Level Rise Guidelines are being updated.
Crown Casino Pump Station switchboard upgrade project
Upgraded the electrical and control equipment of the pump station along the Yarra River opposite the entrance to Crown Casino on Southbank Boulevard. During storm events the pumps allow a faster rate of flow for water into the river when the drains are at capacity.
Enhancing vegetation along Malcolm Creek
We’re undertaking a four-year program of weed control and revegetation works to improve the condition of native vegetation along Malcolm Creek in Mount Ridley Nature Conservation Reserve.
Waterbug sampling - Monbulk Creek
Join Melbourne Water and freshwater ecologist John Gooderham to survey the aquatic macroinvertebrates (or waterbugs) of Monbulk Creek, Belgrave.
Waterbug sampling - Lerderderg River
Join Melbourne Water and freshwater ecologist John Gooderham to survey the aquatic macroinvertebrates (or waterbugs) of the Lerderderg River, Darley.
Waterbug sampling - Diamond Creek
Join Melbourne Water and freshwater ecologist John Gooderham to survey the aquatic macroinvertebrates (or waterbugs) of Diamond Creek, Eltham.